Ch 14: Collaboration Flashcards
Examples of government reforms
Running government like a business
Business-like practices (P4P, reducing red tape)
Privatization
New Public Management (NPM)
Collaboration governance
multiple organizations working together to achieve common goals
President’s Management Agenda (PMA)
Market based, results orientation
Bush Administration
Morton Grodzins (1960) describes federalism as
enduring model of collaborative problem solving between federal, state and local partners
Milward and Provan (2006) describe relational contracting as
contracts that embrace trust and reciprocity. It’s where collaboration and contracting come together.
Collaboration questions discussed in literature
What motivates people to collaborate?
How do parties select partners for collaboration?
What mechanisms are used to sustain collaborative relationships?
What do we know about collaborative performance?
Resources are a primary reason for collaboration
Resource scarcity (Cyert & March)
Intangible–expertise, technology, innovation
Bundling resources to find a combo that provides strategic advantage
Most important decision organizations make about collaboration
Partner selection
Rationale for collaborating with partners in same or a different sector depends upon
alignment of goals and motivations of the prospective partner
Lazzarini (2020) says that partners are chosen based on
relative attractiveness of beneficiary segments
cost structure
extent of fixed costs to implement and operate services.
In different cases, public, private or non-profit will be a viable partner.
According to Elinor Ostrom, these rules guide behavior in a collaboration or partnership
- Operation rules - day to day activities
- Policy rules - what activities are allowed
- Constitutional rules - who makes decisions
Structural mechanisms for accountability
legal accountability
administrative accountability
democratic accountability
